Alvania scabra
species of mollusc
Alvania scabra is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 1.5 mm and 3 mm.
The shell is longitudinally plicate, obsolete below, spirally lirate, forming mamillary tubercles. It contains 6 slightly convex whorls. The shell is white, maculated with chestnut. The outer lip is sulcate within, varicose externally.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea (Spain, Algeria, Italy, Greece); in the Atlantic Ocean off Madeira.
References
External links
Philippi, R. A. (1844). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol.
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